'An incredible debut . I was hooked from the first page' Helen Parusel As the bombs rain down, love and hope refuse to surrender. Malta, 1941. As bombs fall across the island and invasion looms, Kitty Campbell is haunted by the daughter she was forced to give up for adoption years before. Desperate to find her child, Kitty begins searching for answers - but uncovering the trail is complicated by her father's secretive past and a mysterious stranger on the island. Working as an Aircraft Plotter at Fighter Command in Valletta, tracking the fierce air battles raging in the skies above Malta, Kitty uncovers secrets that could change everything - and faces an impossible choice between duty, love, and the child she has never forgotten.

After reading History at Oxford University, Tracy Cook produced and directed documentary series for the BBC. She moved into freelance journalism and PR, but her lifelong dream has always been to write. After graduating from the Faber Academy Writing a Novel Course, she was longlisted for the Bridport Novel Prize in 2021. Wings Over Valletta is her first published novel. She lives in Surrey with her husband.